All the headlines from our Lloyd's Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 24 2006 // N136 Poizner poised to leadInsurers hope for friendlier climate40Electronically stored informationAgents must heed new rules10Calif.’s uninsured motorists
Dec 24 2006 // 2. Changing Reinsurance RulesIn March, Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene finally got the attention of U.S. regulators. At a meeting in Florida, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners agreed to set up a...
Dec 22 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed its Syndicate Rating of “A” (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2001, which is managed by Amlin Underwriting Limited (AUL). Best...
Dec 20 2006 // Lloyd’s may have become a lot more focused on technology, underwriting discipline and the bottom line in recent years, but that doesn’t mean it’s been neglecting its tradition of writing innovative and...
Dec 15 2006 // In his introduction to the latest progress report on Lloyd’s three-year plan, CEO Richard Ward noted that the current version “builds on the 2006-2008 plan issued in January. It includes our vision and...
Dec 12 2006 // A report from international broker Benfield’s Industry Analysis and Research team entitled “Venturing Forward,” notes that Lloyd’s focus “has turned firmly forward” following the...
Dec 8 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed its Syndicate Ratings of “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 623, managed by the...
Dec 1 2006 // ICAT Holdings LLC announced the creation of a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...
Nov 30 2006 // Boulder, Colo.-based ICAT Holdings LLC has created a new underwriting syndicate at Lloyd’s of London, designated as ICM Syndicate 4242, to support the company’s underwriting of catastrophe-exposed properties...
Nov 22 2006 // A number of Lloyd’s leading claims experts have come out in support of CEO Richard Ward’s call for the London market to start processing claims electronically as soon as possible.An article on the Lloyd’s...
Nov 13 2006 // A decision by Justice Langley, of the High Court in London, has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by Lloyd’s “Names”, individual investors, against the British government for the financial losses...
Nov 9 2006 // A bulletin on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) announced that its underwriters are “to provide the capacity for what is believed to be a world first for shipowners. The policy, Seacure60 is a cancellation...
Nov 7 2006 // Julian James, Lloyd’s Director Worldwide Markets, told delegates at the PCI Conference in Seattle that, despite the industry’s “current good fortune, I could make a strong case that we are still standing...
Nov 5 2006 // Affirmative Insurance Holdings, USAgenciesAffirmative Insurance Holdings Inc., Addison, Texas, and privately-held USAgencies L.L.C., based in Baton Rouge, La., announced a definitive agreement under which Affirmative will...
Nov 2 2006 // Dallas, Texas-based MarketScout, the eInsurance Exchange, has been approved as a Lloyd’s Coverholder. The approval process requires an extensive examination of the candidate’s underwriting capabilities,...
Nov 1 2006 // Lloyd’s has released the second installment of its “360 Climate Change” series, entitled “What next for climate change?” Last June it published the first installment, entitled “Climate...
Oct 30 2006 // The Boards of Directors of Catlin Group Limited and Wellington Underwriting Plc have agreed on the terms of a recommended Offer to be made by Catlin for the whole of the issued and to be issued share capital of Wellington....
Oct 26 2006 // Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. announced that its Lloyd’s business has taken a step forward in the formation of the Pembroke Managing Agency Limited with the signing of “definitive documents with Chaucer Holdings...
Oct 25 2006 // Aon Re Global, the Chicago-based reinsurance broker, notes that it “recently facilitated communications between rating agency A.M. Best and Lloyd’s that resulted in a clarification of Best’s treatment of...
Oct 24 2006 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS), which provides products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, announced that Beaufort Underwriting Agency Ltd., on behalf of its managed syndicate MSF...